Suspensory attachment for garters.



PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904.

R. E. KRETSOHMAR.

SUSPENSORIATTAOHMENT FOR GARTERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1904.

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ATTORNEY Patented December 6, 1904,.

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ROBERT E. KRETSUHMAR, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES A.BROVVNE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

SUSPENSORY ATTACHMENT FOR GARTEREt SPECIFICATION formingpart of LettersPatent N0. 777,028, dated December 6, 1904.

Application iiled May 12,1904. Serial No, 207,550- (No model.)

T on whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT Knn'rscu- MAR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SuspensoryAttachments for Garters; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numeralsof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the attachment of ahose-supporter to the corset of the wearer, to secure greater resilienceand, as a consequence, greater ease to the wearer, to reduce the cost ofconstruction, and to secure other advantages and results, some of whichmay be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in the improved suspensory support for gartersand in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garter for ladies hose having myimproved suspensory support. Fig. 2 isafront elevation of the saidsupport; and Fig. 3 is a section of the same, taken on line at, on anenlarged scale.

in said drawings, 5 5 indicate two straps or tapes of textile fabric,preferably of elastic webbing, from which branching tapes 6 6 arebuckled or otherwise secured, the said branching tapes at their lowerends being provided with clips or fasteners 61 to engage the top of thestocking or hose in any suitable manner.

At the top of the straps or tapes 5 5 is the suspensory support 7, bymeans of which the said tapes are held together and attached to thelower stud or fastening of a corset-clasp. Said suspensory support 7comprises asingle piece of wire bent at its center to form a centralvertical eye 8, the opening 9 of which is somewhat of the nature of akeyhole-slot, being enlarged, as at 10, to permit the passagetherethrough of the head of the stud of the corset and narrow, as at 11,to receive the shank of the stud and prevent the withdrawal of said studfrom said slot. At the lower end of the eye 8 the wire is bent laterallyin 0pposite directions, as at 12, and is then bent downwardly andinwardly, as at 13, in a direction parallel with the extensions 12.Beneath the vertical eye 8 the ends of the wire are inclined upwardly,as at 14, crossing one another, and at the extremities of the said wirethe same are fastened to the wire at the angles formed by the eye 8 andextensions 12, the opposite extremities being turned around the angularportions, as at 17. By this construction two horizontal slots 151 areformed, into which the tapes or straps 5 5 are securely fastened bylooping or otherwise.

The wire of the loop 8 is preferably flattened, as indicated in Figs. 52and 3, so that it will not occupy too much space upon the shank of theclasp-stud to which it is attached. The support 7 being of wire permitsa slight spring action when stress is brought upon the tapes 5, the saidspring action conducing to the comfort of the wearer.

Thus constructed the device can be very quickly and inexpensivelymanufactured, and the tapes 5 5 are held thereby together and areremovably attached to the stud, the separation of parts beingconveniently and quickly effected when desired.

The eye 8 is not tightly closed at the bends or angles 15 15; but thewire at the bends is free to open slightly, so that the shank of thestud on being forced through from the wider part 10 of said eye into thenarrow part 11 thereof may spread the sides 18 18 and bends 15 15, thesaid sides 18 being curved inward slightly at points 19 between theupper end of the slot or opening 9 and the wider part 10 thereof, sothat the said sides after the passage of said stud will close slightlyto prevent the return passage of the stud toward the larger part of theslot, the stud and sup port being thus held in proper operative relationWithout danger of detachment.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Theimproved suspensory support for garters, comprising a vertically oblongeye disposed at the upper part of said support and, below said eye,opposite horizontal extensions forming oblong tape-receiving slots forthe broad webbing of the garter, the inner ends of the lower horizontalextensions being positively connected with the lower end of the eye,substantially as set forth.

2. The improved support comprising a wire centrally bent to form avertical eye, the said eye having a keyhole-slot therein, the said wireat the lower end of said eye being bent laterally outward and away fromthe longitudinal axial line of said slot in opposite directions and thendownward and inwardly bent to form horizontal loops, the extremities ofsaid wire being fastened at the angles formed by the eye and loopsextensions, substantially as set forth.

'3. The improved garter-support, comprising a piece of wire bent doubleand forming an eye with a slot therein, the said wire being outwardlybent at the lower end of the eye in directions perpendicular to saideye, the opposite ends being again bent toward one another and upwardlyacross one another forming loops and at their extremities being turnedaround the parts of the Wire lying at the angles formed by the eye andloops, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of May, 1904:.

ROBERT E. KRETSCHMAR.

WVitnesses:

JAMES A. BROWNE, CHARLES H. PELL.

